EVEN: closes door, but does not lock it. Camera linger on unlocked door

Cronenberg deals with sex, but not gratuitous sex. Rather, open conversation about sex.

It’s a movie about IDEAS, not trivial gore. “Disease is an act of love between two alien species. Even dying is an act of eroticism.” Talking is sexual. Breathing is sexual. Even to physically exist is sexual

IDEA that came to me while watching: person arranges letters to spell something. Shakes head. Rearranges letters. He has spelled the same word, repeat for effect